
Let's Talk Science: Nunataks
Welcome to our blog series, “Let’s Talk Science,” where we break down the science behind our team’s work. Last week, we talked about how...


Straumsnutane January 10th - 12th
With a few days of good weather the team had a very productive time at one of our most northerly field sites, Straumsnutane. This site is...


SANAE on January 3rd
We had our best day yet for collecting samples and seeing evidence of past, higher levels of the east Antarctic Ice Sheet. We returned to...


SANAE on January 2nd
New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day were productive fieldwork days for the MAGIC-DML field team. Poor weather had been delaying fieldwork,...


What happened to the rock samples?
Remember those rock samples the team took from nunataks and erratic boulders in Antarctica? They have all arrived in Scotland in 5 blue...


We have the first rock samples in the bag!
The MAGIC-DML team have been out on their first major trip from Wasa. We have been to a small nunatak called Fossilryggen about 50 km (31...


Nunataks as dipsticks
Antarctica is covered by a vast ice sheet (Picture 1). The colours of the ice sheet indicate thickness, with blues showing thinner ice...


The Nunataks of Norway - testing equipment and concepts in preparation for our Antarctic fieldwork
The Scandinavian mountains and the East Antarctic Heimefrontfjella mountain range (where our fieldwork is based) have several...